2015 White House Science Fair

Mar 24, 2015 10:49 AM

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This Girl Scout troop from Tulsa, Oklahoma, created a battery-powered page turner for people who are paralyzed or have arthritis.

Bill Nye with science boy.

Henry Paul of Port Washington, New York, explains a self-expanding spinal implant that reduces the number of surgeries required by children with scoliosis.

Obama tries out a wheelchair propelled by an open-source, 3-D printed rowing attachment designed by Mohammed Sayed and Kaitlin Reed of Massachusetts.

A student from Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania, watches Obama use her science team's wave-powered electric generator.

Barack Obama delivers concluding remarks on the importance of STEM education in America.

Pew Research: The United States is decidedly middle-of-the-pack internationally in terms of math and science and brings up the rear compared to other industrialized nations.

"wave-powered electric generator" - why hasn't this been taken further?

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We need to climb that chart something fierce!

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Slovenia is doing pretty well! I'm proud!

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Obama has aged gracefully. That silver fox. Rawr. http://targetmarketnews.com/BarackObama2.jpg

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

We're #1!… weeps at the thought of becoming a 3rd world country because of morons in Washington.

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They're middle of the pack in most things except proclaiming their greatness.

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

First it's said in a study Canadians have just slightly bigger peens on average than Americans and now we're smarter as well...sorry usa...

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Look at the top performing countries and you can see they're all significantly smaller than the US. America needs decentralisation.

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Exactly the US needs to allow the states to run themselves. Allow local government to deal with local issues. Its faster and more effective

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I second that. Also:F ound the Libertarian.

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